It is with great pleasure to announce that Roger T. Smith was recently invited to join the National Trial Lawyers Association who named him as a Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorney in North Carolina for 2017-2018. The National Trial Lawyers Association is a professional organization composed of the premier trial lawyers from across the country who exemplify superior qualifications as civil plaintiff or criminal defense attorneys. The Top 100 is an invitation-only organization whose selection is based on a thorough multi-phase objective and uniformly applied process which includes peer nominations combined with third-party research. Membership is extended to only the select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state or region who demonstrated superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature and public profile measured by objective and uniformly applied standards in compliance with state bar rules and national Rule 4.7.